Dump - That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice? (1998)
James McNew formed Dump, a one-man four-track side project, in January of 1991. After a half-dozen releases, Dump was put aside to focus on his job as bass player for Yo La Tengo. McNew resurrected Dump in 1998 when he released a seven song cassette homage to Prince entitled That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice? Prince fans will recognize the title as a self-referential line from the bizarre song "Bob George" off the infamous Black Album. That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice? was released on CD in 2001 with five bonus tracks added to the end.
The only way I could describe Dump's sound would be "low-fi indie." One thing for sure, it's definitely a strange and somewhat downbeat experience. At the same time, it's also totally entertaining. But you have to wonder, how serious is this project? Prince is an easy target and while this is never jokey, it certainly isn't totally lacking in levity. I think an important clue can be discerned if you take a look at the song selection. While the majority of the covers are singles, there are three b-sides ("Erotic City," "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?" and "Another Lonely Christmas") and one unreleased track ("An Honest Man"). On song selection alone, you have to figure that James McNew must be a serious Prince fan. As odd as it may seem, I think this is a heartfelt tribute that is expressed in an unexpected way.
But be warned, if you're the kind of Prince fan that is overly touchy about the 62" wunderkind, then you may have trouble enjoying this. Which is your loss, really.
Dump - That Skinny Motherfucker with the High Voice? (1998)
1. 1999 (6:59)
2. Raspberry Beret (3:31)
3. Erotic City (3:20)
4. The Beautiful Ones (5:19)
5. When U Were Mine (4:02)
6. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? (3:27)
7. Pop Life (3:48)
8. A Love Bizarre (6:52)
9. Girls + Boys (4:41)
10. Dirty Mind (4:16)
11. An Honest Man (2:55)
12. Another Lonely Christmas (5:08)
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8 comments:
I am exited having found your blog and look forward to surf backwards through your posts. I would have loved to hear this, but Megaupload tells me that the download limit for this album is exceeded.
Is there any reason you don't use sendspace.com or mediafire for your uploads?
I hope I will have more luck with the other of your uploads, and thanks again,
William
Love your site. By the way, I tried to download the Dump file, and after I entered the password I was told that the archive couldn't be unstuffed because it was damaged. I'd really like to hear this--could you re-up?
Nox, please check out the note at the top of the page. If you're on a Mac, you need to use UnRarX because StuffIt doesn't handle password-protected archives. On Windows, use 7zip. Again, read the Please Read This First section at the top of the page for better directions! Enjoy!
Sorry for posting slightly out of place, but is there any chance for a reupload of Cornelius "69/96"? Extremely interested in this album and it appears the link is dead.
Sorry and thanks for your help.
No problem, anonymous. I just looked and my Cornelius 69/96 archive is still listed in the Megaupload file manager. When you try to download it, though, it's "temporarily unavailable." I've seen this with Megaupload before. Give it a day or two and it should be available again. If not, I'll re-upload it.
Alright man, thanks a bunch. I'll let you know in a couple days if I still can't get it.
Great blog, by the way.
I love this .... thanks for posting this!
BTW - Great Blog
Check out mine sometime & let me know what you think.
Great find, I like it. Your Blog is very inspiring. Thx for the work.
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